"Get out in front" - Futurist Jim Carroll
It's the company you likely have never heard of, but you use their products a lot. And they are having me back in today for their global leadership summit being held in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Assa Abloy is a company that makes technology security products - as they note on their website:
Every day, we help billions of people move through a safer, more open world with ease. If you’ve ever walked through an automatic door, stayed in a hotel, or gone through passport control, you’ve probably used one of our products or services.
In essence, those hotel key card locks that you are always using.
The company had me speak at their global leadership summit in 2019, where I spoke about the disruptive trends defining the future of manufacturing. They brought me back today for a focus on what AI might mean for their world - beyond the hype, the bubble, and the excitement of large-language models.
With that, I'll be covering bigger issues around manufacturing, and article intelligence covers such things as the acceleration of robots and cobots, digital twin technology, the industrial IOT (Internet of things), quality control opportunities utilizing vision & machine learning, predictive maintenance, supply chain optimization, workplace safety management and monitoring, product enhancement, and development. In other words, real stuff.
My session description reads like this.
The Disruption, Transformation and Reinvention of Manufacturing
Artificial intelligence. Hyperconnectivy, Digital twin technology and visualized manufacturing process design. Digitization, robotics, and the cloud. Spatial innovation with advanced manufacturing robotics. The arrival of the humanoid robots.…. are you ready for the new world of manufacturing?
When it comes to the future of manufacturing, you don't need hype or hysteria - you don’t need utopian visions. You also can't let your internal engine of skepticism defer your action.. When it comes to artificial intelligence and other fast-moving rends, you need to have a compelling sense of urgency, but you might have an astonishing mindset of skepticism or complacency.
The reality of manufacturing today is that there is a big opportunity that comes from aligning with fast-paced trends. Futurist Jim Carroll takes you on a voyage about the current and future opportunities in the world of manufacturing.
One of my key messages is that many of these trends are already quite mature, and the opportunities are there for the taking. They should align to those trends, and indeed, get in front of the trends, as the implementation of the tools of the next way of manufacturing is necessarily quite complex. Why? Because if they don't do it, their competitors certainly might. The world of manufacturing in 10 years will look nothing like it does today - and you are either a leader getting out in front, or a follower, always falling behind.
When it comes to the future, you are always faced with a choice - follow the trend, or get in front of the trend. Innovation laggards choose the former course; innovation superheroes choose the latter.
You should too. Get out in front!
Over the years, dozens of Futurist Jim Carroll's clients have had him in for a second keynote appearance.